Nobody teaches us how to allow or feel emotions healthily, yet emotions are the gateway to profound healing. So many of us have learned from a young age to shut down, run from or manipulate our emotions; that it’s somehow socially unacceptable or weak to allow our true feelings; that we should be strong, impassive, and not cry, be afraid, get angry or in any way ‘too emotional’. In this profound ...
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So often in this world's turmoil we lose track of who we are and what we need. We deal more with pleasing others than ourselves. When things are getting a bit wild and you feel your stress-levels rising, there's a lovely short exercise you can try out at home to become present and find peace. Here's Brandon guiding you on how to release tension and how to express naturally what's here.
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In The Journey we've long realised that your body is the barometer of your own soul. And the only way your soul can speak to you is through impulses that are sent through the body. After practising a short exercise Brandon shares in the video, you'll be amazed at how happy your body is that you're willing to listen to it. Only question is - are you up for it? Will you take the time and listen t ...
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Most of us spend huge amounts of time and precious energy trying to manage or suppress or otherwise avoid feeling emotions we dislike or fear. In this profound video teaching Brandon explains why habitual emotional avoidance is one of our biggest mistakes in life, and she illustrates how a simple but radically different approach can not only transform our direct experience of life but can also ...
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Kevin Billett had a deeply insightful conversation with Tracy-Kim Gilchrist on a subject that impacts many people’s lives: suicide and what we can do to prevent it. Many people have commented that they found Kevin’s words profound and practical, that they feel clearer about this often-taboo subject and more able to face their own issues and to reach out meaningfully to others. We hope you find ...
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By Dr. Mitali Upadhye, Homoeopathic Consultant In June 2013 I was diagnosed with an Ovarian Cancer. Initially it was a huge shock: "How could I get cancer?!?“ Until then I was blissfully under the misconception that my medical degree gave me complete immunity against any such life threatening diseases! It was time for me to be on the other side of the consulting table. It was an emergency and ...
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If you’re just looking for the positive thinking seminars or superficial methodologies, The Journey may not be not for you. To really get what is on offer here you must genuinely, authentically want to come home to yourself. You have to be ready to roll up your sleeves, and dive in… It’s not the place for people of casual or flitting interest. As Brandon humorously explains: “If some people rea ...
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Attachment and non-attachment are such big words in the spiritual community. It’s often thought that we should be non-attached and have lighter relationships with the people, events and things in our life. In the video below, Brandon tells a story about a Master, a tea cup, and the importance of non-attachment, not as a practice but as a direct experience. Following that story, Brandon ...
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If you live a very active lifestyle, it’s almost too easy to get caught up in the stress that comes with it. Trying to balance a family, a career, a social life… this isn’t easy. In fact, you might even be noticing that you’re too drained to even enjoy yourself. You’re always thinking ahead or looking back, but never truly appreciating the now. We are rarely present in the moment. Instead, we ...
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Do you feel like you are just sleepwalking through life, are numbed out or can’t feel anything? Or are you fretting and struggling, wrestling with every strong emotion that arises inside you? We often develop strategies to avoid feelings, suppress or manage emotions, and distract ourselves from what we’re truly experiencing. In the video below, Brandon Bays shares with you a Divine Experiment ...
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This week, Brandon Bays answers a question we get asked very often at The Journey: “How can I live authentically as an expression of my true self?” Brandon shares her daily tips on how to live a truly authentic life in the video below. We have all created a certain image a false identity that we project to the world, and pretend that it is real. We are invested in keeping that identity ...
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How often do you say yes to doing things that you don’t really want to, but agree and comply with others’ wishes out of fear of disappointing or letting someone down, or fear of creating conflict or of being judged or criticised? Often our habit of over-compliance can lead us to feel negated, unimportant or unworthy, or can lead to frustration or overwhelm that can be the source of a lot of s ...
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There is so much negativity and turmoil in the world right now. Wherever you go there are people paralysed in fear, anxious, shut down or compromised and afraid to take action. Living during these hectic and tumultuous times, many of us are experiencing high levels of emotional stress, worry, emptiness, or dissatisfaction. Sound familiar? Join us on 17 May for our FREE Spring Global Gatheri ...
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We all tend to shut down and protect ourselves from uncomfortable emotions. But there is a price to pay for our armouring. Science has found that when we repress any strong emotion, a biochemistry is created in our bodies that affects certain cell receptors, blocking them. This means they are unable to communicate effectively with the rest of the cells in our body, and healthy biochemical proce ...
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We live in a complex world, one that, unfortunately, doesn’t consist only of beauty and fairness. Some people are blessed with wealth, vitality, and happiness, while others struggle in poverty and hardship. Whether it’s seeing the victims of war and crime, or young orphans forced to earn a living by selling goods on the street, many people experience great emotional discomfort and anxiety when ...
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How to get beyond the mind and allow the body to speak: A Journey Process in Action. During The Journey Process, I always ask you what you are feeling and encourage you to go deep into your emotions in order to heal. Sometimes, though, you might not be able to get to your emotions. You’ll be able to think about them, but can’t give yourself over to truly feel them. That’s because you’re looki ...
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Today we are going to focus on the human power of forgiveness. One of the things with our emotions is that if we’re in relationships to other people and we have not forgiven them, we can feel emotionally blocked. It stops the free flow of genuine emotion and our ability to interact in a wholesome way with others’ emotions as well as our own. Forgiveness is at the core of healing. When you for ...
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So often we hold back and are afraid to give absolutely everything of ourselves to someone. Love requires absolutely everything you have to give, and it truly is the greatest gift of all. However, you can’t fully lean into love if you’re not emotionally ready. Here are four important things you need to do in order to fully open up to true love and achieve successful, happy relationships. Don ...
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There will be times in your life when your identity is challenged. We all have a story of who we think we are. We create this fantasy, this construct that we reside in, and when life challenges these ideas or asks to go deeper into ourselves, we become fearful. Who are without this imaginary story that we’ve created? Why must I face who I really am? These ideas are just labels. They are jus ...
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Early on in life, we learn that we don’t have permission to feel. There are certain emotions that are allowed, and others that are not. We are told that we should ‘be seen and not heard’, to ‘dry our tears, stop crying’, or ‘pull ourselves together, get a grip, be strong’. We learn to shut down what we’re feeling. But when you shut down one emotion, you shut them all down. You start moving th ...
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Our mind is usually driven by our fears. For some people, fear can be paralyzing and life-altering. For others, it’s nothing more than small obstacle. No matter what varying degree of fear we experience, it most certainly prevents us from living our lives to the fullest. Most of our thoughts are not actually logical or from the heart. They’re mainly born from some fear or other, taking control ...
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Many of us use food to cope with a range of emotions: anger, stress, sadness, even boredom. A lot of this is learned behaviour. We’re taught as children that food can accompany many different situations. Celebratory dinners, ordering a pizza during a sleepover, eating a yummy piece of cake on a birthday. We associate food with happy memories, which leads to it being used as a crutch or an esc ...
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There are many areas in our lives in which we can place blame. Our upbringing, our school, our religions and cultures… It’s so easy to react critically, and it’s even easier to let your negative feelings leak out of you like a faucet. Things like blame, judging, and criticising are be bad habits that feel impossible to rewire. If you’re ready to stop blaming and start accepting, here’s how a f ...
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During The Journey process, I encourage you to face and experience the dark emotions and memories that you might not feel comfortable going through. You may think why bother? Why even try to access that part of you? It’s unsettling, scary, and it’s easier to repress and avoid at all costs than it is to face up to the darkest pieces of you. But my advice is to open up to it.You’ll never get to ...
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To celebrate our new Facebook Community, I will be hosting a Facebook Live lunchtime meditation on 1pm London time on February 28th! As we’re about to embark on our first ever Karma Cleanse retreat, the theme of my livecast will be ‘Is Your Karma Stored In Your Genes?’ It occurred to me that many people feel trapped by what they have inherited - often physically and also by way of beliefs and ...
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Have you heard the news? We’ve started a brand new Facebook community for all the followers of The Journey. For a long time I've wanted to have a safe and special place to bring together all of you and now here it is. It is our deep prayer to bring these powerfully transforming tools to people from all backgrounds and walks of life in countries all across the globe, so that all may realise t ...
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Relationships can be your biggest gift, your biggest source of joy, and of course on the flipside, your biggest source of pain. We often envy friends or colleagues who seem to have a perfect relationship, but does such a thing even exist? For me, it is finding a relationship in the first place that has become the issue. Having had several failed attempts at finding Mr Right, yet still be ...
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There are many reasons why more people seem to fall ill in our fast-paced, modern world – poor diets, sugar loaded, fried convenience and fast foods, lack of exercise, overwork, stress, smoking, drinking alcohol, air pollution, etc. – but in recent years, following extensive research, the Centre for Disease Control in the United States published its estimate that approximately 85% of illnesses are ...
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So many women direct extreme criticism and self-hatred towards themselves. The desire to be perfect can lead to deeply held body image issues; eating disorders and can destroy relationships with loved ones. Here are six simple steps by Brandon Bays, the author of The Journey, to create long lasting results for true self-love and acceptance.1. Give up the need to be perfect Do you find yourself con ...
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